Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Cladus: Cetruminantia
Subordo: Ruminantia
Cladus: Pecora
Cladus: Giraffomorpha
Superfamilia: Giraffoidea
Familia: Giraffidae
Genus: †Injanatherium
Species: †I. arabicum – †I. hazimi
Name
Injanatherium Heintz, Brunet & Sen, 1981: 423
Type species: Injanatherium hazimi [Heintz et al, 1981: 423]
Etymology: "région d'Injana ... therium, animal" [Heintz et al, 1981: 423]
References
Primary references
Heintz, E., Brunet, M. & Sen, S. 1981. Un nouveau Giraffidé du Miocène supérieur d'Irak: Injanatherium hazimi n.g., n.sp. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Série II 292: 423–426. BnF Gallica ResearchGate Reference page.
Additional references
Morales, J., Soria, D. & Thomas, H. 1987. Les Giraffidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) d'Al Jadidah du Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (Province du Hasa, Arabie saoudite). Geobios 20(4): 441–467. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(87)80080-3 ResearchGate Reference page.
Injanatherium is an extinct genus of giraffids from the Miocene of Iraq,[1] Saudi Arabia,[2] and Pakistan. Species of Injanatherium had at least two pairs of long, wing-like ossicones that emanated laterally above the orbits.
Species
I. hazimi
I. hazimi is the type species, originally described by Heintz, et al., in 1981, on the basis of a partial skull found in middle Miocene-aged strata of Injana, Iraq, about 140 km north of Baghdad.[1] The ossicones are broad and more massive in comparison to I. arabicum.[2]
I. arabicum
I. arabicum is a second species initially described from a partial skull from early Miocene-aged strata of Saudi Arabia, then later from material found in similarly aged strata from Pakistan. Its ossicones are more triangular and less massive in comparison to I. hazimi.[2]
References
HEINTZ, E., M. BRUNET, and S. SEN. "A NEW GIRAFFID FROM IRAQ UPPER MIOCENE INJANATHERIUM-HAZIMI NG N-SP." COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES 292.4 (1981): 357-360.
Morales, J., D. Soria, and H. Thomas. "Les Giraffidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) d'Al Jadidah du Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (province du hasa, arabie saoudite)." Geobios 20.4 (1987): 441-467.
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